UK post 2

June 2012England - London

(This is the second part of my UK travel photos. View the 1st part here)

After a few days of bliss in the English country side we left for West Hampstead, London, where we stayed at our friends for the rest of our time in the UK. A typical day for me and Adél looked like this: we slept till 08:00, got up to make yummy samies (a Tesco’s was just down the road), pack some extra fruit and chocolate; plan our route on the underground map; hop onto the jubilee line at around 09:30 and headed off to where ever we planned to go; did some sight seeing; searched for the nearest Starbucks to eat our lunch, ordered coffee and checked our inboxes for any urgent mails; then off again for some more sightseeing; back home at about 20:00/21:00 and then started planning dinner or off to a restaurant/pub.

I loved ever second of this trip and it was so much fun to be part of the London life for a few days – I can now truly understand what all the excitement is about :-)

Enjoy!

St Pauls at just after 00:00 (taken at 4000 iso)

St Pauls

Painted dome ceiling – St Pauls

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BOROUGH MARKET – one of my favourite memories from our trip!

Everyone told us we had to drink coffee at Monmouth at the Borough Market and what a treat it was!

Everything is organic and SO fresh!

HMS Belfast in the Thames

Tower Bridge

The TATE gallery

Sunday outing to Hampstead Heath

Adél, me and Louise at Hampstead Heath

Scenes from Hampstead Heath

Gold leaf 13th century altar piece at the Courthald Institute gallery – a MUST for art lovers!This small intricate ivory carving from the 14th century really blew my mind

One of my favourite works of art! – Edouard Manet’s ‘A bar at the Follies-Bergere (in Paris)’ The richness and depth of colour of this work is simply magic to me.

2nd image: van Gogh self portrait

A painted ceiling in the Courthald gallery

An amazing drawing of old London (note St Pauls towering above the scenery)

Westminster Abbey

The magnificent Houses of Parliament

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Piccadilly Circus

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Tower of London where the amazing crown jewels are kept (no photographs were allowed L)

We ate, and we ate.. :) 1st image – Borough market; 2nd High Tea at the National Portrait gallery

Clock wise from top left: in the underground, Louise and David in the bus; Adél and I in the same bus; me, Adél & Louise enjoying a sumptuous breakfast in Nottinghill

In a organic bistro in Nottinghill

Delicious ice cream in Hampstead Heath; This photo of Adel was taken on our last day while waiting for the train to take us to Gatwick Airport (we ended up getting on the wrong train and almost missed our flight :-)!!

Hi, I am Nikki and I am a photographer based in Stellenbosch, South Africa. I am easy going, kind natured and a total people’s person. I have the ability to create photographs with a relaxed and artistic feeling to it. I love meeting new people and hearing their stories. I look forward to meeting you here or on one of my social media platforms!